Apple’s new MacBook Pro 14 and 16 are some of the most powerful laptops available, thanks to the new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors. But they also have a controversial design – while Apple shrunk the display bezels for its latest MacBook Pro laptops, the company also introduced a camera notch. Not only does […]
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Hole punch cameras killed the pop-up selfie cam
Over the past few years smartphone makers have declared war on bezels. The black borders that surround displays have gotten smaller… and phone makers have found new places for the fingerprint sensors and cameras that used to hang out in those borders. But it looks like one solution is on its way out. Pop-up selfie […]
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Huawei launches MatePad Pro premium Android tablet (punch hole and all)
The Huawei MatePad Pro is an Android tablet with a 10.8 inch IPS LCD display, a Kirin 990 processor, and support for up to 8GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. With optional 4G LTE support as well as optional accessories including a keyboard cover and pressure-sensitive pen, this is basically Huawei’s version of Apple’s […]
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Sharp Aquos R3 has a 120Hz display, dual notches
On paper the Sharp Aquos R3 looks like a pretty decent flagship phone. It has a 6.2 inch, 3120 x 1440 pixel IGZO display with a screen refresh rate of 120 Hz. It sports a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor, 6GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage. And it supports 11 watt Qi wireless fast charging. […]
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Notch Pie makes the best of smartphone notches by adding a battery indicator
Smartphones with camera cut-outs in the display don’t seem to be going away anytime soon. Some folks like the way these “notches” increase allow phone makers to use slimmer top bezels, increasing the screen-to-body ratio. Others hate the way that they seem to punch a hole in full-screen images, videos, and apps. But xda-developers forum […]
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ZTE Axon V and Axon S Slider have unusual solutions to the smartphone not problem
As smartphone makers have been moving toward nearly bezel-free smartphones, they have to figure out what to do with the components that you’d normally squeeze into a bezel, like cameras. So far the most popular solution has been to put a notch in the display. More recently, some phone makers have removed the bezels and […]
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Hands-on with the Asus ZenBook S13 thin and light laptop
The Asus ZenBook S13 (UX392) is a 2.2 pound laptop that measures about half an inch thick and which Asus says has a 97 percent screen-to-body ratio thanks to super-slim bezels (just about 2.5mm on each side). Of course, that doesn’t leave much room for a webcam. So Asus decided to put one above the bezel. When Asus […]
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Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus leaked: Dual front cameras make a hole in the screen
Smartphones with notches in the display are old hat… and now phone makers appear to be in a race to bring the first phone with a hole in the display to market. Huawei and Vivo are both expected to announce smartphones this month with holes in their displays for the front-facing camera. And after teasing […]
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Sharp Aquos R2 compact is the first phone with two notches
Most phone makers have embraced the notch in the past year or so. Even Samsung is rumored to be planning to launch phones with camera cut-outs in the display next year. But you know what we haven’t seen yet? A phone with two notches. Now notch-lovers in Japan can get their fill though. Sharp’s new Aquos […]
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Lilbits 343: Samsung to embrace the notch
Samsung is one of the only big name phone makers that has so far resisted the urge to release a smartphone with a camera cut-out in the display. But eventually the notch comes for us all. While there was no notch to be seen in the Infinity Flex Display foldable phone prototype Samsung showed off […]